Christine and the Queens – It

Christine recently covered my Beats 1 show while I was away in New York. Little did she know I was cooking breakfast to her music in an apartment in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, every single morning. I’m completely mesmerised by this beautiful track from her album Chaleur Humaine. I don’t speak a word of French but Christine makes me feel like I do. She originally released this album in her native language and then blessed us (me) with a rerelease, with the majority of it translated into English. I’m still undecided on which version I prefer. I’m happy to see she’s playing quite a few shows worldwide over the rest of this year – gonna make it my aim to see her live at least once!

Skepta ft A$AP Nast and D Double E – Ladies Hit Squad

I was ever so fortunate enough to have sat upstairs while D Double E recorded his verse. For any D Double E fans – I’m sure you’ll understand the excitement of hearing him say “muuuu-eeeeeee muuu-eeeeee” or even just hearing him record the adlibs. I haven’t been able to stop listening to the track ever since. Even when [Julie’s brother] Skepta’s album Konnichiwa album was released, I still went straight to this track before checking out the rest of it . And if you’ve seen the video, you’ll get an even better idea of what emotions I’m going through as I sing “twerk f’me”.

Jordan Mackampa – Same Faces

This is my “drive to south London” song. The only thing I look forward to whenever I make the journey from Palmers Green, north London, to my friends’ houses. I stumbled across Jordan Mackampa online very randomly, which I think has contributed to my deep feelings for his soothing voice – sometimes I feel like I’m lucky to have him. One wrong click and I could have been back on Twitter retweeting my brother. But instead I got to hear (then eventually meet and have on my Beats 1 show) this talented young man, who also happens to be a chef, who has saved me from one-hour journeys of boredom. Now I’m singing non-stop as I cruise through the Blackwall tunnel. Thank you, Jordan.

Drake – Controlla

This track does one of my favourite things in the whole world. It loops seamlessly. Dear artists and producers: please aim for this (if your track is really good). This is a very hard track to walk away from. Sometimes, I carry my portable speaker out of the house with me because I don’t want the track to stop while I’m starting up my car. Obsessed much? I think so. It’s just so awesome! People keep calling this a summer song. This is my every season song. I also become a very different person when in a club dancing to this. Very, very different.

Hiatus Kaiyote – Breathing Underwater

Another one of my favourite things in the world is when I’m in love with a song and it’s more than five minutes long. It’s like the artist knew that the song was way too good to stop at three minutes and 30 seconds. Hiatus Kaiyote are outer-space aliens who breathe music (and also apparently underwater). The first track I heard from them was Laputa, and I had it on repeat until my producer saw them live, and has to this day never stopped talking about them. Driving at night time to this track is a completely different experience. London can be the perfect backdrop at night-time, and this track is the perfect accompaniment.

Julie Adenuga’s show is on Beats 1 at 8pm, Monday to Thursday. Listen again on demand via Connect on Apple Music.